Senator Phil Gramm - Nation of Whiners - BULLSEYE!!

I'm sure that most everyone has heard about the comments made by former Senator Phil Gramm from Texas, in an interview with The Washington Times. In case you haven't heard them, he said, and I am paraphrasing, that "we are in a "mental recession" and that "we are sort of becoming a nation of whiners." Well Zippity Doo Dah! Someone in government, although formally, finally had the cojones to say it. We are becoming a nation of whiners. Everyone is a victim. We live in the greatest nation in the world where you can travel anywhere you want to and become anything you want to, but our televisions are full of people talking about how bad they have it. What ever happened to personal responsibility?

In a previous post, I told you about how I have re-carred. I'm not perfect, but I know when gas prices are getting to the point where I can't afford to run the big cars anymore. So what do I do? I complain about the gas prices while I trade the big cars for smaller ones. You folks that still have those big gas guzzlers have no one to blame but yourself. You should have traded them in when you had the chance. If your upside down on them, you bought something you couldn't afford, you didn't negotiate your purchase price very well or you did a bad financing deal. In the end, blame yourself and make the changes necessary to eliminate your problem. I'm not saying that the gas prices are not a problem. But, what is the root cause? The root
cause(s) are those people we have in Washington, DC. They have the power to allow the US companies to drill for oil on and off our shores. What have they done? Nothing. Who is to blame for this? We are. We put them there. So stop complaining and vote them out of office and put someone in office who is going to look out for our interests.

I had a conversation with a friend of mine a few months ago. He told me that he was limited in the amount of money that he could make. He is a part time preacher, substitute teacher and works at the local gym. I asked him why he thought he was limited. He said he just didn't have the time to make the extra money and it would take away from the time he spends with his family. I told him that we live in a country where he can do anything he wants to do and make as much money as he wants to make, but not without sacrifice. He has to decide what he wants and what is best for his family. He may have to sacrifice time with his family but it all comes down to priorities and where he is putting his efforts. He is college educated. He could make more money finding another job that pays more without sacrificing time with his family, but he would have to quit what he is doing now and focus on that one job. The problem is that he wants to make more money without changing what he is doing. Good Luck!

When I finished high school I went to college and almost flunked out. I joined the United States Marine Corps. I was told that if I didn't complete college right after high school, I would never go back. During my time in the Marines I took college courses and low an behold my grades came up to points I had never seen in my academic career. After I dropped out of college to join the Marines, I personally paid for my education with education benefits earned during my service and through student loans and I graduated from one of the finest universities in the south. When I separated from the Marines, I was married to the smartest, most beautiful southern girl in the world. I was a full time student. I worked full time in a local department store and I joined the Army Reserves. During the two year period I was finishing the work for my degree, I had to make sacrifices. I sacrificed time with my wife. I sacrificed time on the weekends. I sacrificed making more money at that time for making more money today. I have a hard time with people that say they can't do something. The root cause as to why they can't do something is usually because they don't have the drive and/or discipline to make it happen. It's a lot easier to whine about how hard life is. I don't have the patience or the time to wipe the noses of these "whiners."

As a local television commercial says "Bad things happen to good people." The measure of a person is how they deal with these bad things. You can let them defeat you or you can follow one of my favorite sayings "Suck It Up and Move On!"

HEY AMERICA! Senator Phil Gramm was right. We are becoming a nation of "Whiners." Would you like some water with that big freakin pill?

Below is one of my favorite quotes.

U.S. Marine Chesty Puller – Surrounded by eight enemy (Chinese) divisions during the Korean War at the Chosin Reservoir (Frozen Chosin)

“All right, they are on our left. They are on our right. They’re in front of us. They’re behind us – they can’t get away from us this time!”

Have a Great Week!!



Southern Boy Sense